Here are the top gallery shows to see over Paris Gallery Weekend, from pioneering neon sculptures to heart-wrenching paintings. artsy.app/3Fq3gSW

Weekly content and collection summary 📌📅 Catch up over the weekend ☕️📖❄️ 1. "Marina Abramović on New Possibilities" by Peter Bauman Monk Antony with Marina Abramović lerandom.art/editorial/mari…

🎭 CONCERT ANNOUNCED 🎭 Prepare to be swept away by an unforgettable evening of music as The Fulltone Orchestra descend on Cadogan Hall with a 50-piece orchestra and a very special guest: the West End’s leading lady, ., on 1 September. westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/kerry-ell…

Are there still discoveries to be made about Jacques Offenbach (born OTD 1819)? More than you might think. An interview with scholar Jean-Christophe Keck: bachtrack.com/interview-jean…

Which plays will I have the best chance of seeing on Broadway? My hotel is two doors down from the Lyceum Theatre for context.

Violin star Hilary Hahn—recognized as one of the greatest interpreters of Bach's violin music—is back on medici.tv.

Little lamb, do you know what made thee? John Tavener, that’s who. His mini masterpiece The Lamb is the foundation stone of the Essential Classics Playlist. Ideas please to build it. More Ovis Arians, more choral, more pubs? It’s your choice. I’m on air now BBC Radio 3

"Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window" during the restoration process © Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

Friends, I am looking for examples of recent period dramas that, although ostensibly still set in the correct era, incorporate present-day themes and attitudes. Please send me any anachronistic examples that may have caught your eye! Advance thanks for all suggestions.

Discover our new display at Opera Gallery Dubai !! KAWS’ glowing figure sets the vibe, Miguel Sainz Ojeda ignites the room with colour, Ron Arad adds sculptural rhythm, while Jae Ko’s folds bring a calm, poetic touch. ✅ Plan your visit by clicking on the link below:

A rare chance to hear Evgeny Kissin as a chamber musician! 🎹 On 3 Oct in the Golden Hall, he joins Joshua Bell & Steven Isserlis for piano trios by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich & Rosowsky. ✨ Tickets ➡️ musikverein.at/konzert/?id=00…

Jessye Norman would have been 80 otd! What a glorious artist - charismatic and unforgettable. “One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation.” “I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset.” Yes!

"These suites are so meaningful. They’re not only companions and friends, but they’ve also been reference points in my life." - Yo-Yo Ma. In this landmark concert, Yo-Yo Ma performs all six of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Suites for Solo Cello in Athens’s Odeon of Herodes Atticus.

Abramović, the first woman to win the Golden Lion in 1997, will make history again during the 2026 Venice Biennale. artsy.app/42c2eCt

In the Tuesday Playlister BBC Radio 3 we're asking where next from Chaminade's The Flatterer, a Spanish-flavoured little piece. Are there examples of one composer flattering another? Or particular perfromers/composers who were on the receiving end of a great deal of flattery?

Art lovers - this poll is heading in the wrong direction!👇 Michelangelo’s Slaves vs the Book of Kells! Add your voice and let the truth shine through!

Happy Friday Eve to you, Listeners! 7pmET = Thursday Night Opera House + 1979 recording of Georges Pretre + Paris National Opera Orchestra/Chorus + legendary soloists + Charles Gounod’s Faust = a classic tale about a deal with the devil. Join us! t.ly/s32rB

The monumental installation “As Seen Below — The Dome” will open at ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in June 2026. artsy.app/4hvlkKj

A bridge in Belgium becomes a memory device, honouring Congolese activist Paul Panda. Boat-like structures, planted with species from his research, turn passage into pause, learning and public recognition. Infrastructure as remembrance and advocacy.

Vally’s charge: build institutions that are hospitable, architectures as verbs, preservation as living practice. “Beauty and social justice are not opposites — beauty is social justice.” #APCS2025 #ExpoCityDubai #Architecture #PublicSpace #UrbanCulture